Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify emerging issues and challenges in transnational health and population development
- Explain the linkage and application of demographic, epidemiological and nutrition transition frameworks and their relevance to understanding health and diseases and related population factors in high, low and middle income countries
- Correctly use and evaluate sources of global health information on the internet
- Grasp the underlying complex relationship between poverty and global health within the population development context, including the strategies of the UN Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 development agenda
- Understand the interaction of socio-behavioural, spatial, environmental and technological factors determining health care and health outcomes
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 122 |
| Teaching | 28 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
On-line resources. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ http://globalhealth.org/ http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha http://www.ghgj.org/ http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/archives/639 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ http://www.who.int/en/ http://www.unfpa.org/public/ http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ghp3/ http://www.georgeinstitute.org/global-health-landscape http://www.worldbank.org/
Other. This module requires reading from a wide range of published sources. The students will receive specific list of reading materials including online journal papers, research reports and e-books at the end of each lecture session
Journal Articles
RatzanSC, Filerman GL, LeSar JW. (2000). Attaining global health: Challenges and opportunities.. Population Bulletin, 55(1), pp. p.52.
Montgomery M. (2009). Urban poverty and health in developing countries. Population Bulletin, 64(2), pp. 20.
Rockett IRH (1999). Population and health: An introduction to epidemiology. Population Bulletin, 54(4), pp. 48.
Koplan JP, Bond TC, Merson MH, Reddy KS, Rodriguez MH, Sewankambo NK, Wasserheit JN (2009). Consortium of Universities for Global Health Executive Board. Towards a common definition of global health. Lancet, 373(9679), pp. 1993-1995.
Textbooks
Ewles, L. (2005). Key topics in public health: essential briefings on prevention and health promotions.. Elsevier: Churchill Livingstone.
Skolnik R. (2008). Essentials of global health. Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Inc.
Lindstrand A et al. (2006). Global health: an introductory text book. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Crisp N. (2010). Turning the world upside down: The search for global health in the 21st Century. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Problem solving | 70% |
| Coursework assignment(s) | 30% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Problem solving | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External